Sunday saw the annual McTaggart Trot, an event which sees runners placed in teams of three (one 3.7mile runner, a medium paced 7.5mile runner and a longer distance runner covering 11 miles) who have to run through each checkpoint together, losing one runner at each point leaving the longer distance to the finish. This event […]
Today saw the annual Darlington 10km race, and for a nice change the weather was kind to the runners with cool conditions and even a little bit of light rain to keep runners cool. For those who haven’t ran the Darlington 10km before, this race starts behind Boyes leading up to Stanhope road and on
Darren Gee decided to push his ultra running that little bit further as he took on the Hadrian’s Wall 100 mile challenge – an event to be completed in 48 hours. Pictured here with friend Ian Taylor, Darren finished this challenge in 25:21:19 and actually covered over 106 miles and a staggering 13,000 ft of
Julian and Amanda Waller along with Darren and Sara Gee headed to Keswick this weekend taking part in the 25km trail race, part of the Keswick Mountain Festival. This festival takes place on the banks of Derwentwater on the outskirts of Keswick in the Lake District. Darren was first to finish in 25th position in
Darren Gee headed off to Ingleton to do The Fellsman. This race, which is advertised as 61 miles and 11,000ft of climb, clearly wasn’t enough for Darren who, thanks to a detour on the course, clocked a staggering 62.65 miles and 12,800ft of climb…it was some day. Grim weather, with plenty of wind and rain,
On Saturday morning four of our Harriers took on the Wensleydale Wander event, an event which has a choice of two circular walks, one a 23 mile challenge and a shorter one of 12 miles, both starting and finishing in Leyburn. All competitors get a hot meal so sounds like an event I’d be interested
Last Saturday morning saw a number of Harriers take on the High Cup Nick. Results are now out for this event which saw Darren Gee finish 75th in a high class field in 1:18:43, Val Clarke 282nd in 1:40:06 and Julian Waller 324th in 1:45:45. Other Harriers competing on the day including off road captain
Amanda and Julian Waller along with Darren Gee headed over to Hardwick Park last weekend to take on the ‘Hardwick Park Wonder’, an event which sees competitors run a 1.5m lap as many times as they possibly can.Darren Gee completed 21 laps in 4hrs 41, Amanda Waller 22 laps in 5hrs 51 also completing the
Two of our athletes were in action on Sunday morning over in Wensleydale, a 23 mile challenge called the Wensleydale Wedge. John Gray was first to finish in 3hrs 55 in 24th position with Julian Waller taking over Darren Gee’s number through injury finished 80th from the 300 runners, this being Julian’s longest ever run.
Darren Gee and Amanda Waller were back in ultra distance action this weekend as they took on the Round Rotherham Run. Rowbotham’s Round Rotherham International Trail Event is a whole 80 km, (or 50 miles in real money) with an undulating route with, overall, 800 m of climb through the South Yorkshire Forest. Most of
Last week saw Darren Gee along with Amanda Waller take on the 23 mile challenge, One Foot in the Gargrave challenge from the village hall.First to finish was Darren Gee in J3rd in 3hrs 40 with Amanda Waller finishing in J22nd in 4hrs44 also for a podium place.Well done both of you.
On Saturdaymorning a small number of Harriers headed over to Osmotherley to take on the Lyke Wake Challenge, an approximate 42 mile run, walk, hike in full kit finishing in Ravenscar. Now you see the likes of Mark Milner pictured far right, Matt Capsey, Mike King, Peter Foulds, Darren Gee and Heather Ford completing these
On Saturday we had two runners in action, Mike King in the Pennine 24 and Darren Gee in the 39 equivalent event although Darren reported the 39 was closer to 36.5 miles. The longer version of the 24 that Mike raced started from Low Force to Alston the same start and finish as the ‘24’
In the 10km race Colin Taylor was once again came first home for the club on a very warm evening for all competitors. Surprisingly Colin was only 4th fastest M40 which shows the quality of runners in the men’s event with the vets taking top 4 spots. Shaun Marshall finished 3rd in the senior men’s
Darren and Sara Gee were in fell race action on Saturday at the inaugural cross fell race out of Garrigill, a 24km event with around 2000ft of ascent. The route takes competitors along the Pennine Way so all very runnable with a caveat from Darren who said “if you like big hills with only the
Peter Foulds was back in competitive action this Saturday, this time at the 30 mile challenge along with Darren Gee. This ultra distance event has 4200 feet of climbs so really not an event for the beginner runner. Darren was first of the two back, finishing in an excellent 2nd place in 5hr 5 minutes
There was the usual high turnout at this year Brass Monkey, on a course and a day ideal for fast running and personal bests, many club runners weren’t disappointed at the finish line. Paul Allan was one of many to smash his personal best, taking 4 minutes of his previous best, Darren Thompson finished in
Last week we told you that Darren Gee along with Amanda and Julian Waller were in action at the Keswick Mountain Festival Triathlon 25km race.Results have now been released. Well done folks.
Darren Gee along with Amanda and Julian Waller were in action this weekend at Keswick MountainFestival Triathlon 25km race, starting with a 400m swim, 18km cycle and a 5km trail run.Results have yet to be released for this one yet but the crew put some good preparation in the night before. Well done all.
